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Almost-lawyer here, pretty familiar with the CFAA. What her employer did probably did violate the law, but people aren't allowed to sue for every violation of the law. Here, the statute allows for a civil lawsuit only where the victim suffers some kind of certain financial harm. Since she couldn't show the harm, the court dismissed the case without actually reaching the issue of whether such a takeover violates the CFAA.

The headline is misleading. The court didn't actually decide whether or not this particular account "takeover" violates the CFAA. It found that even if such a takeover violates federal law, the victim didn't suffer enough loss to allow her to recover damages in a lawsuit.

no, it doesn't depend on one's perception; it depends on the legal definition of "loss." As much as I might agree that the law should allow lawsuits in cases like these, it simply doesn't (at least in that judge's opinion).